Incredible Underground Residence in Switzerland

Have you ever thought how it would be like to live in a bunker or an underground tunnel? Well, today we bring you the upgraded version of that, which is an all-equipped underground home. Situated in the Swiss village of Vals, deep in the mountains, the house is very hard to spot, which makes for a perfect gateway. The unusual architecture plan comes from SeARCH and Christian Muller Architects, and includes all the facilities a common house has, such as a guest room, an entertainment area, but also “specialized” interiors like an underground pathway. The entrance is a wide oval opening that you are driven to by some traditional stairs made in stone. Large windows make it noticeable and draw attention to the inside décors- that is when the people living there are up for some company.

So weird! I wonder if it is more energy efficient than a similar house.

Angela

This house is astounding. All of the details of the interior and exterior really make this an exciting piece of architecture.

Fabrizio Van Marciano

Absolutely stunning images and great interior designs, thanks for sharing.

Jose Domingues

I think it is a very interesting concept still it is an architect’s house, not one you would like to live in every day. It simply isn’t practical. I.e. the stairs to the basement, it has no protection. If you have kids they could fall down and get hurt, if you are old you don’t have anything to hold on to, you wouldn’t be able to go up or down the stairs. In addition since the house has a lot of floors it is not practical to live in, having to go up and down all day long. Another example are the two beds, one above the other. How do you climb to the upper bed? There are no stairs in the picture. It looks nice, but is it practical? You can find a lot more similar issues. Still, congratulations for the concept. I would build the house in another neighborhood though, it seems a bit weird within the remaining houses.

tiansworld

it’s so incredible,the design concept is so excellent.Full of daylight, big window!I wish I could live in such a nice house some day!

Adeline

i like this house. it’s so unusual. It’s splendid!!!

mark165

its damn hard make a decision to invest money in something like that … you know. … all money you will ever make in youre live, everything into THIS instead of big classic house …

Repititititive

Like the concept, but they made some horrid design choices: the satellite dishes, the stoneplate stair, the cardboard(?) church ceiling, the clothes hanger above the bathtub. Also, right underneath the bathroom pic, where does that wooden roof come from?

Kxwy

I’d like to build my own Hobbit-hole one day. To see one in real life, through these pictures shown, is simply awesome.

In addition to Jose Domingues’s comment,what about water run-off..I know here in Appalachia, U.S. on hillsides you have to worry about natural springs a lot when building..wouldn’t rain pour off the hillside onto the porch and, eventually, flood the house?

Ashley

really earthy interior n exterior design, absolutely stunning. cant pull my eyes away it must have took a freaking number of calculations for this to stand so magnificently..!

louis williams

I have always thought, living underground would become a normal means of survival in the future. Great house!

KHALID

how to built this i like to have the same

meg

This is a truly magnificent design!! Eco-friendly and stylish…. How many millions did it cost?

John Koy

What happens after a heavy rain?I don’t see any protection against the slightest flood to come from higher ground.

raking

it is awsome buliding but what about when it snows or rains? does it work out on certain weather condition?

Aloha. Excellent design concept, nominal exterior maintenance, augmented by local culture. I can enjoy living in a residence a like this. Not clear is the life safety program considered i.e. exiting, fire/smoke issues, etc. Mahalo for sharing.12-18-09

Layla

It reminded me of Matmata city in North Africa. Natural way to keep the house warm in winter and cold in summer.Not a new idea but very corageous to perform.

I almost built an underground house once. Wish I would have. This is awesome!

Bill

Raw concrete walls and ceilings kills it for me. Wood paneling would be much nicer.

Nick

I generally dislike leaving negative coments but – What a heap of crap. Brushed concrete walls, underground. Who wants to live in that? A little rendering might make it a little less soleless.

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Xedule

that’s pretty cool – this would be a great place for anyone who doesn’t have family baggage 🙂

david wayne osedach

Very well done! I lived in Montreux, Switzerland for a year. But nothing compared to this!

Nick

Looks like there may be more than one ‘building’ in the design. Very nice pictures and space, but a floorplan would be very helpful to better understand spacial relationships (though I know they are not always available)

Also, if some random person on the internet can think of potential problems, don’t you think trained architects, engineers and builders would catch them and provide a workaround or alternate design? If I were building this as my own home, I know I would be concerned as well. And I wouldn’t let any construction start until there were very clear and practical plans to deal with any obvious issues (and would trust the professionals to deal with the not so obvious issues).

Courageous, innovative, inspiring. So unusual to have multiple story underground rather than the usual one story, and the resulting dialog between the interior and exterior of the single vertical facade is dynamic. Thank you for the effort and the extensive documentation. Appears to be very accommodating for underground life.

Let’s See

Really amazing pictures. I would like to spend a weekend in a house like this.

Paul

I think the concept is awesome, there are definitely features of this place that I would adopt.

It’s certainly very different, even from existing Underground / Earth Sheltered houses, on my Yahoo Group we have a VERY large collection of Photos and Links to Underground / ES houses, etc. if some of you are interested?Yours Jon.http://groups.yahoo.com/group/UndergroundHouse/

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Interesting and informative. But will you write about this one more?

david wayne osedach

Whee are the keys? I’ll move in tomorrow!

Saud Alsharji

It’s new idea and bravo to the architect who design the house, but what is behind this idea, I mean to live under the ground?

Reisen Tipps

cool designing and concepts

Jon

The major advantage of an Underground (Earth Sheltered) house is it’s efficiency – it costs considerably less to heat and cool; it is actually possible to simply design an underground house that heats and cools itself throughout the entire year without any electricity!I suspect the low visibility design also helped it get past the local Planning Laws?Jon.

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